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║ Московский Институт Приборостроения ║
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║ Кафедра иностранных языков ║
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║ TORONTO, ONTARIO ║
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║ Афанасьев М. ║
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║ Москва 1994 г. ║
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Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, has become Canada's best-known city. Once
saddled with a reputation stodginess, it has been reborn and
revitalizedand now stands as one of North America'sleaders at
thearts, entertainment, and business.
Toronto boats a vast multicultural mix,with large groups of
Italians, Germans, Portuguese, Ukrainians, Asians, and West
Indians,each contributing to the city's mosaic.The cosmopoli-
tianblend offers visitors fine dining froma seemingly endless
range of the cultures. Shoppers can browse through funky
boutiques on Queen Street West, admire the best of designer
fashionsin the renovated district of Yorkville,or visit Eaton
Centre, a four-level $25-million retail complex. For people-
watching and plenty of culinary delights, there's Kensington
Market, which features fresh produce, fish, and plenty of
friendly conversation. The city was designed and, since,
renovatedto make the most of its settings on thestore of Lake
Ontario.The best view is from the CN Tower, a 553-metre spire
that isconsidered the world's tallest free-standing structure.
Nearby is Harbourfron, a lakeside shopping, dinning and
entertainmentarea whose restored warehouse is a centre for flea
markets,art studios, and crafts shops. Much of the appeal of
Torontolies in its sence of history, which dates back to 1749
whenFrench fur traders from Quebec established a ford on the
site. The residents have worked to ensure the survival and
revitalizationof such areas as St. Lawrence Market (the place to
be ona Saturday when the farmers bring in their wares) and a
boomingChinatown, chock-full of restaurants and grocery stores.
Toronto is a cultural bastion, with theultra-modern O'Keefe
Centre, which is home to the Canadian Opera Company and the
NationalBallet of Canada; the Art Gallry ofOntario, with more
than15,000 works - from Old Masters to contemporary art — in
itspermanent collection; and the RoyalOntario Museum with its
vastarray of art and artifacts from cultures the world over.
businessand finance from another important element of the city,
andToronto's skyline is dominated by the high-rise towers of
financialinstitutions. Among the most notable is the Royal Bank
Tower,with its distinctive gold-embedded windowpanels.
CN Tower
At 553.33 meters the CN Tower is considered the world's
tallestfree-standing structure. Construction took 40 months,
cost $57million, employed 1,573 workers, and was completed in
June 1976. A slender column resembling a giant needle, it
weight132,080 metric tons — the equivalent of roughly 23,214
largeelephants.
Visitors can step inside one of four glass-faced elevators
and be whisked to the Skypod Observation level in under a
minute. In all, there are three observation decks, at 342,
346, and 447 meters aboveground, the world's highest
public observation galery. Each of these offers panoramic
views ofgreater Toronto, Toroto Islands, and, ona clear day,
NiagaraFalls and Buffalo, New york. Spectacular views are
also to be had from Top Of Toronto, a restaurant at the
350-metre level that makes a fullrevolution once every 72
minutes,and Sparkles, a nightclub at the 346-metre level.
Thosewho prefer to dine on the ground level can enjoy a
snack in the family-style restaurant.The tower is a stroll
awayfrom the lakefront and a walking tour of Harbourfront
parksand marinas.
As any famous structure might, the CN Tower has inspired
legionsof would-be record setters. It has the longest metal
staircasein the world (2,570 steps), which is made available to
thepublic each year for a charity stair climb.Stuntman Dar
Robinsonhas jumped from the top of the towertwice — once with
aparachute for the filming of the movie HIGHPOINT (1979) and
onceusing a wire cable for the TV show«That's Incredible.» On
the tower's tenth anniversary, «Spider Man» Goodwin completed
twofree-style climbs outside the glass elevator-shaft window.
SkyDome
SkyDome is the world's greatestentertainment center. It's
a hometo the Toronto Blue Jays and Toronto Argonauts as well as
hostto wide variety of other sporting spectaculars, concerts,
familyshows and consumeers shows.
Just how big is Toronto,s SkyDome? Well, you could put
eight Boeing 747s on the playing field. Or all of Eaton
Centre.Or a 32-home subdivision. Or the Roman Colosseum.
Even with the retractable roof closed, a31-stoerey buildings
couldfit inside the structure.
The $500-million buildings opened on June 3, 1989, after
32months of construction. On that day, inclement weather
forcedthe developers to prove that the multi-panelled roof
could beclosed in just 20 minutes. The roof runs on a series
of steel track and bogies, weighs 11,000 tons - the
equivalent,roughly, of 3,734 automobiles — andis made up of
steeltresses covered by corrugated steel cladding.
The eight-acre stadium offers sports fans five levels
ofseating and the world's largest video replay screen.More
than50,000 people at a time can watch afootball or a baseball
game,and there,s also a 350-room hotel built into the north
endof facilty, with 70 rooms offering a view of the playing
field.
But the building is much more than a place to wach sporting
eventsunder an open roof. There are 23 fast-food stands, 48
beverage outlets, a 430-seat restaurant for quick-service
dining,a 300-foot-long bar overlooking the field, the largest
McDonald'sin North America, the Hard Rock Cafe,and a 120-seat
movietheatre where tours of the building begin. The CN Tower is
a strollaway from the stadium.
RoyalOntario Museum
Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum, knows affectionately as the
ROM,is Canada's Lagest Public Museum, made even grander by a
recent $55 million renovation and expansion project, covering
thepermanent galleries. Founded in 1912 and opened two years
later,the ROM today attracts more than one million visitos a
year.Amoung its impressive holdings, which number more than six
millionobjects and speciments, are a Romangalery, housing the
country'smost extensive collection of antiquities; the famous
Dinosaur galery, with a mastadon, stegosaurus, and other
prehistoric creatures «at home» in jungle settings; a world-
class textile collection, with colorfol walhangings, peiod
costumes,and richly patterned fabrics on displaythoughout the
museum; and the renowned Chinese colection, with 800 pieces
displayed in traditional room settings and special gallery
areas. Of particular note are the giant stone camels and
guardianfigures of the Ming Tomb, the onlyChinese tomb in the
Westernworld. There are also galleries devotedto artifacts of
Ontarioand Canadiana.
Next door is the McLaughlin Planetariumwhere the Theatre of
theStars uses 85 slideand video projectors to create planets,
exploding stars, and other galactic phenomena. The Sigmund
SamuelBuilding, a fiew blocks south of the main ROM building,
focuses on Canada's rich cultural heritage with displays of
antique toys, coocking utensils, oil paintings, pottery and
sculpture.The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramc Art, directly
acrossfrom the main ROM building, is the only museum specia-
lizingin ceramic in North America.
NiagaraFalls
Every year more than 12 million people flock to Ontario to
see thebreathtacking natural phenomenon knows as Niagara Falls.
Manyare honeymooners, although no one is quite sure how that
traditiongot started. They come to see the combined cascading
power ofthe 54-metre Canadian Falls — knows asHorseshoe Falls
— and the American Falls, which soars to 56 metres. Together,
thesethundering cataracts rush over the brink at the rate of
39.1million Imperial gallons of water per minute.
Statistic don't do justice to the majesty, the danger, or
theromance of the Falls. They have to be seen in person, and
thereare a variety of ways to view thespectacle once your get
there: four Maid-of-Mist boats enter the Horseshoe Basin and
passdirectly in front of cataracts; the Niagara Spanish Aerocar
spansmightly whirlpool where the river takesa 90-degree turn;
theGreat Gorge Adventure provides a close view of the waters
fromhalf a continent plunging through thegorge at the river's
narrowest point; and three Table Rock Scenic Tunnels allow
visitors to walk behind the Falls. To view the sights from
above,opt for a 10-minute helicopter ride, rise to the top of
the Skylon Towerobservation deck via the external glass-fronted
elevators,or visit the viewing platform at the Minolta Tower
andMarine Aquarium.
If the real thing isn't enough, there's always IMAX
Theatre'sNiagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic, shown on a six-
storeyscreen in the village of Niagara Falls. While you're in
town, you might consider stopping in at any of a number of
places designed to entertain, including the Ripley's Belive It
Or NotMuseum, the Elvis Presley Museum,Louis Tusaud's Museum,
or the Daredevils Exhibit.